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Working Weekend: Pathways to Power
This week Martina and I had the joy of participating in and assisting with the Pathways to Power Training in New Bern. For those who don’t know, Pathways to Power is an intensive, two-day training that...
View ArticleStatement on Rewrite of ID Bill – Senate Rules Committee on H-589
From Bob Hall, Executive Director Democracy North Carolina Direct line: 919-489-1931 Regarding H-589 rewrite at: http://bit.ly/nc-anti-voting-bill The Senate leadership’s rewrite of H-589 is being...
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Speak It Loud! Local Talent + democracy
On July 17th, Democracy North Carolina hosted a creative, youth-oriented, political event called Speak it Loud! The event was very well attended and the performers were talented. We were able to get 9...
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Pathways to Power in Wilmington
This past weekend, Rediedre and I had the opportunity to attend and aid with the Pathways to Power in Training in Wilmington. The two-day training was packed with issue-based conversations and creative...
View ArticleStatement on HB-589, the Anti-Voting Bill
Late Thursday night, the NC General Assembly passed an elections bill that it is breathtaking in scope and radical in purpose. It makes the most regressive and sweeping changes to the core parts of our...
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Registering the Homeless to Vote
This week, we visited the Samaritan Ministries in Winston-Salem, NC to register more homeless people to vote. We want all social classes to be fired up and ready to vote in the municipal elections this...
View ArticleSummer of Action
North Carolina made history this week. Not in the way I would have wanted, but this is history, nonetheless. Gaining national attention, our state ushered in a new era of voting restrictions late...
View ArticleLOD: Ballotproof
Leave it to the folks at The Daily Show to put on full display the absurdity of the many controversial bills passed by the NC General Assembly during the 2013 legislative session. On last Monday’s...
View ArticleLOD: Sticking it to Students
On the heels of the new Monster Law that excludes state-issued student IDs from the list of acceptable IDs a voter must show after January 2016, some local elections boards are going even further....
View ArticleStatement on US Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against NC Election Law
From Bob Hall, Executive Director, Democracy North Carolina September 30, 2013 Democracy North Carolina applauds the decision of the US Department of Justice to file suit against key provisions of...
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